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Will of James COOPER: In the Name of God Amen, This 6 Day of
June in the year of our Lord 1771 I James Cooper of Prince
Freendrick Parish in Craven County and Province of South
Carolina Planter being very Sick and Weak in Body but of Perfect
mind and memory thanks be Given to God for the Same and Calling
to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die do make and Ordain this my
last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of
all I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that give
it and for my Body I recommned it to the Earth to be Buried in A
Christian like and Decent manner at the Discration of my
Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurretion I
shall Receive the same again by the Might Power of God and as
touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to
Bless me with in this life I Give Devise and dispose of the same
in the manner and form following that is to say IMPRIMIS. Will
that my Just Debts shall be Settled and Paid IMPRIMIS

I Give and Beauth to my Dearly Beloved Wife Martha Cooper her
Bed and furniture Horse and Saddle and Not to be Deemed a any
Part of her Share of my Estate I also Will that She shall have
her Living in my Dwelling house and Priviledge on my Plantation
whereon I now
Live During Widowhood----I also Will that Martha Cooper my
Loving Wife shall have the servise of on Mulatto Girl Named
Mertila During her Charge and Care of my 4 young Children and
that the same Martila be Deemed to my Daughter Ann Cooper her
and her Issue for Ever I Will that the said Mulatto Girl Named
Mertila and her Issue shall be to my Daughter Ann Cooper and to
the Lawful heirs of her Body for ever

Item. I farther Will that there be two hundred pounds Current
taken of the Whole Estate for the Use of Schooling my four young
Children Ann Joseph Adam and William Cooper

Item. I give and Bequeath to my Eldest son James Cooper a tract
of Land Consisting of 300 acres Called the Bay Tract

Item I give and Bequeath to my two sons Joseph and Adam Cooper
three tracts of Lands Consisting of 450 where on I now Dwell to
be Equally divided betwixt them---

Item. I Give and Bequeath to my son William Cooper one tract of
Land Consesting of 250 acres in WilliamsBurgh township Commonly
know by the name of McCantss Lands.

Item. I farther Will that the remainder of my Personal Estate be
Disposed of a soon as Convenance will alow after my decease and
to be Equally divided amongst my Wife and Children that is
Martha Cooper my Wife my Daughter Janet Cooper and Margaret
Cooper James Cooper Ann Cooper Joseph Cooper Adam Cooper William
Cooper and I will that my
Daughters gets there part at the age of 18 years and my sons at
21 years of age--

Item I appoint Samuel Cooper my Brother Martha Cooper My Wife
Joseph Michie and Robert Paisley to be Sole Executors of this my
Last Will and Testament and I do here by Utterly Dissannull
Revoke and disallow all and Every other Testament Wills and
Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any Ways before this
Time named Willed Bequeathed
Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will
and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand
and Seal the day and year above Written.
James Cooper (Seal)

Signed Sealed Published pronounced and Declared by the said
James Cooper as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of
us the Subscribers

Notes

"Rowland Thomas was born in Caroline County, Virginia, about
1733. His siblings were named Richard, Anne, Joannah, Edward,
and Catherine. In 1783 and 1784, he was High Sheriff of Orange
Co. VA. Suffering financial reverses, In 1786, he and his
family left Orange Co. for Spotsylvania Co. In the winter of
1795-96, Rowland and Jane Thomas left VA and went to Kentucky.
They are found in Bourbon Co. KY in May 1796 and Rowland died
sometime after this date."

Edwin WYATT

1629 - 1714

ID Number: I74607

Notes

EDWIN WYATT, (11--2), b. 1629 d. 1714, of Allington Castle, Kent
Co., England, was a man of eminence, served as Chief Justice of
the Grand Session for the Counties of Caermarthen, Pembroke,
Cardigan, etc., and was a Member of Parliament from Maidstone,
etc.; and was a supporter of the Church of England; he m. 1614
Frances, dau. Thos. Crispe. Issue:
[p.542] 12--1. Francis, of Allington Castle, Kent Co., England,
died without issue, and the estate reverted to his brother
Richard.